French term
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entre ciel et terre
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Miranda Joubioux (X)
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Non-PRO (1): writeaway
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Proposed translations
between ground and sky
The ref below, on a similar subject uses "earth and sky" and mentions "grounding"...
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Native in: French 
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Works in: English to French, French to English
Between the ethereal and the concrete world
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Miranda Joubioux (X)
: I toyed with a less simple one but didn't come up with anything satisfactory. You did.
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epiphany / epiphanic
epiphany = a combination of sublime and trivial, of celestial and earthy ( or the point where they get together).
this term is used in the spiritualism, poetry and similar contexts and it refers to the awakening of the divine spirit within an earthy man.
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-02-05 23:10:55 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(feeling)
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Tony M
: Yes... but I really don't think this term could be used in the quite specific context given here! Spiritual, possibly, but it still doesn't seem to fit...
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it's precisely a spiritual context? I was just giving another , rather lyrical suggestion. because all other answers will revolve around " earth and heaven" combinations forever.
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Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Russian to English, French to English
between the heavenly ether above you and the solid earth beneath your feet
between heaven and earth = the celestial field/the cosmos
If you don't like "between heaven and earth" for whatever reason, just say "celestial field/the cosmos."
This is related to Eastern religions and philosophy (Buddhism, Tao) where "celestial field" and "cosmos" are used interchangeable with "between heaven and earth (very common in Tao).
You create your life force in the celestial field or cosmos.
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Monique McColgan
: It seems like such an obvious translation, I thought you were looking for semething less simple!
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You're right. The asker wasn't happy with the obvious translation, for whatever reason. I think "between heaven and earth" is the best translation.
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Native in: German 
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
between heaven and earth
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Note added at 13 Stunden (2009-02-06 10:34:11 GMT)
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in reply to those who wanted a specific link: let me quote Shakesspeare´s Hamlet >
jyte.com/cl/there-are-more-things-between-heaven-and-earth-than-dreamed-of-in-your-philosophy - 18k - Im Cache - Ähnliche Seiten
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Louise Bongiovanni
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Anna Bordanova (Semyonova)
: every dictionary gives that
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Jenn Mercer
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suezen
: between the realms of heaven and earth
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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Lingua 5B
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writeaway
: So you agree with Asker's own answer? give or take a definite article?
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Katarina Peters
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Gina W
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emiledgar
: re: Writeaway's comment - "give or take a definite article", definite articles can make a huge difference between english and french; how often do you hear "i am going to the France next month"? The expression BHAE with definite articles is very stilted.
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the widely known saying is without any definite articles. but I know what you mean. I will post some link
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Caroline Devitt (X)
: To add to emiledgar's comment: also, the asker used 'heavens' in the plural, whereas Ellen has put it in the signular.
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mimi 254
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Sheila Wilson
: one heaven, no article
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Michael Davies
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molteni
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MatthewLaSon
: Simpleest and best translation. Nothing else is as good.
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Reference comments
entre ciel et Loire
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/tourism_travel/2...
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Monique McColgan
: This is a very obious and simple translation. I thought that a less simple one would be welcome.
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Dr Lofthouse
: Since its a book for Pseuds, I think all these suggestions are too sensible:)
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